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Sunderland Flying Boat, maritime
patrol aircraft of Royal Air Force Coastal Command. Aviation art prints of
the Sunderland flying boat by leading aviation artists Geoff Lea, Barry
Price and Keith Hill, available from aviationprints.co.uk.
The Short
Sunderland, Patrol and Reconnaissance Flying Boat. normal crew level 10.
maximum speed of 210mph for Mark I, 205mph Mark II and Mark III, and
213mph Mark V. ceiling 17,900 feet and range of 2110 miles (mk I) 2880
miles for Mark V. endurance in the air 13.5 hours. The
Sunderland carries 1 .303 machine gun in the nose, (mark I) and four .303 browning
machine guns in the Tail Turret. Also in the Mark II four Vickers
.303 inch machine guns were used in the body positions. and four browning
machineguns in the nose flanks in the Mark III. Maximum bomb load of
4960 lbs. Based
on the design of the Civil Empire class flying boat. The Short Sunderland
entered service with the Royal Air Force in June 1938 with 230 squadron.
and by the end of the war, 20 squadrons of the Royal Air Force, Royal
Canadian Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force were equipped with
Sunderland's. By the end of the production in 1946 a total of 749
were built, The roles the Short Sunderland played, mainly were in Maritime
and anti Submarine duties, especially in the battle of the Atlantic, The
Sunderland accounted for 58 U-Boats sunk or badly damaged. The Sunderland
was also used in other theatres of the war and in the Mediterranean helped
in the evacuation of troops from Crete and Greece, as well as helping in
the evacuation of troops in Burma. The Short Sunderland remained in
service with the Royal Air Force until 1959. used during the Korean
War, The Berlin Air Lift, and during Operation Firedog, , The Malayan
Emergency. |
| Touchdown by Ivan Berryman. A Short Sunderland Mk111 of 422 Squadron alights on to a moderate sea at Castle Archdale in 1944. Signed limited edition of 200 giclee paper prints. Image size 26 inches x 12 inches (66cm x 31cm). Price £150.00  Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 26 inches x 12 inches (66cm x 31cm). Price £180.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Small limited edition of 20 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 5.5 inches (31cm x 14cm). Price £75.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Small signed limited edition of 50 prints. Image size 12 inches x 5.5 inches (31cm x 14cm). Price £51.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Save £5 on selected prints - Was £56
Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 40 inches x 18 inches (91cm x 46cm). Price £545.00 £135 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £680
Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 36 inches x 16 inches (91cm x 41cm). Price £480.00 £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590
Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 30 inches x 14 inches (76cm x 36cm). Price £370.00 £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460
ITEM CODE DHM2701 |
| Tireless Vigilance by Stephen Brown. With grace and majesty of mighty battleships, a pair of Short Sutherlands sweep out towards the dangers of the North Atlantic. With a 12-hour mission ahead of them the skill and dedication of the crews would once again play a crucial role in protecting vital supply lines from the menace of German U-boats. Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Image size 28 inches x 20 inches (71cm x 51cm). Price £95.00 Signed by Flt. Lt. John Bishop, Wg. Cdr. V. Hodgkinson DFC, MID, MRAeS, Wg. Cdr. A.W.L. Paddy Mahon MBE, C. Eng. MRAeS and Sqn. Ldr. Alan Nicoll.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Image size 28 inches x 20 inches (71cm x 51cm). Price £120.00 Signed by Flt. Lt. John Bishop, Wg. Cdr. V. Hodgkinson DFC, MID, MRAeS, Wg. Cdr. A.W.L. Paddy Mahon MBE, C. Eng. MRAeS and Sqn. Ldr. Alan Nicoll.
Giclee Canvas Edition. . Price £ Signed by Flt. Lt. John Bishop, Wg. Cdr. V. Hodgkinson DFC, MID, MRAeS, Wg. Cdr. A.W.L. Paddy Mahon MBE, C. Eng. MRAeS and Sqn. Ldr. Alan Nicoll. ITEM CODE DHM2482 |
| The Last Patrol by Gerald Coulson.
SOLD OUT (£22, February 2009) Image size 16in x 12in (41cm x 31cm). Price £ ITEM CODE GC0267 |
| The Last Sunderland by Michael Rondot. Short Sunderland ML814 served with 01, 422 (Canadian) and 330 (Norwegian) Squadrons during World War II and is now the worlds last airworthy Sunderland. Battered and weatherbeaten by the North Atlantic, ML814 flies over the Antrim coast. Signed limited edition of 200 prints. Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (69cm x 48cm). Price £ Signed by Sqn Ldr Don Gray and Sqn Ldr Dick Dulieu.
Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (69cm x 48cm) Sold Out Edition. Just two secondary market prints left. . Price £180.00 Signed by Sqn Ldr Don Gray and Sqn Ldr Dick Dulieu.
ITEM CODE MR0044 |
| War in the Atlantic by Stan Stokes. During WW I Germany made very effective use of its U-boat fleet in a campaign which almost resulted in Englands defeat. As a result, the Versailles Treaty prohibited Germany from possessing submarines. By the late 1920s Germany had circumvented these restrictions and by the time WW II began, they had several dozen U-boats in service. The period between July of 1940 and December of 1941 was known as the fat years for the U-boat fleet. During this period, aided by the use of French Atlantic ports, and the effective use of wolfpack hunting techniques, German U-boats wreaked havoc on convoys in the Atlantic. By the spring of 1941 the Nazi U-boat fleet numbered 120, and later in the war would exceed 350 in number. The tide began to turn in favor of the Allies in late 1941 when the Royal Navy acquired fifty old destroyers from the U.S., and began an effective campaign against German weather and supply surface ships which supported the undersea hunters. The RAF was also involved, and the Short Sunderland flying boat played an important role in stemming the tide. The Short Brothers acquired one of the first licenses to built Wright biplanes, and eventually began building their own designs, including a number of dirigibles and torpedo planes during WW I. After the war they developed the first British all metal aircraft, the Silver Streak. The company is probably best known for a series of commercial flying boats, the pinnacle of which was their Empire Series of 4-engine, high wing monoplanes which were capable of cruising speeds of 200-MPH. The Short Sunderland was developed in the 1930s for the British Air Ministry as a long-range, all purpose flying boat. It was a large aircraft for its time with a wingspan of 112 feet. More than 700 of these aircraft were produced. During WW II the Sunderland was utilized in the anti-U-Boat role. With its armament upgraded the aircraft earned the nick-name the Flying Porcupine from U-boat crews. When America entered the war, the U-boat command expanded its hunting zone all the way to the East Coast of the United States. For a period the submariners experienced another period of happy times, and in November of 1942 almost 750,000 gross tons of shipping was lost. With production of averaging five new U-boats per week, for a time it appeared that victory in the Atlantic might be obtainable for the Germans. Eventually, the U-boat war was won by the Allies through the use of effective radar technology, the use of the Leigh Light (a powerful airborne searchlight), development of forward firing depth charges, and the use of special techniques to counter the U-boat threat. The U-boats also suffered from a general lack of coordination between its command and that of the Luftwaffe. In May of 1943 a total of 41 U-boats were lost, and by early 1944 more U-boats were being destroyed than Allied merchant ships were being sunk. The men who served in the U-boat command during WW II had the most hazardous of all positions in the War with close to a 75% casualty rate by wars end. Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Supplied with signed and numbered certificate of authenticity.. Price £40.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 25 giclee paper prints. Size 21 inches x 14 inches (53cm x 36cm). Price £109.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Size 45 inches x 30 inches (114cm x 76cm). Price £624.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £484.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm). Price £294.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE STK0139 |
| Yangtse Incident by Timothy OBrien. HMS Amethyst about to return fire while a Sunderland of 88 Squadron makes a hurried departure, 23rd of April 1949. Open edition print. Image size 14.5 inches x 9.5 inches (37cm x 23cm). Price £14.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE TO0001 |
| First Sighting by Robert Taylor. Downed aircrew often drifted for days in their small inflatable dingies hoping rescue would come. Robert Taylors painting depicts that first sighting by an Air Sea Rescue Sunderland and the moment of joy of the aircrew. Signed limited edition of 1500 prints. Paper size 20 inches x 14 inches (51cm x 36cm). Price £80.00 Signed by Group Captain A Carey.
ITEM CODE DHM2148 |
| Signing Off by Keith Hill. On 3rd June Sunderland Z-Zebra of 201 escorts an inbound convoy, signing off with the last operational sortie of WW2 in Europe. Signed limited edition of 750 prints. Image size 15 inches x 22 inches (38cm x 53cm). Price £105.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE LR0005 |
| Caught on the Surface by Robert Taylor In a strange quirk of fate, a Sunderland of 461 Sqn RAAF identification letter U, destroys submarine U-461, a type XIV tanker, one of three German submarines caught on the surface by Allied aircraft in the Bay of Biscay on July 30, 1943. At extreme low level, Sunderland U braves a barrage of gunfire from all three encircling German submarines to deliver a successful depth charge attack, sinking U-461 in a single pass. In an act of grace, the Sunderland pilot returned to the scene to drop a dingy to the U-boat survivors. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm). Price £ Signed by Flight Lieutenant Dudley Marrows, Flight Lieutenant John Jock Rolland, Flight Lieutenant Peter Jensen, Warrant Officer Horrie Morgan, Leading Seaman Alois Momper, Able Seaman Helmut Roschinski, Medical Orderly Wilhelm Hoffken and Able Seaman Gerhard Korbjuhn. ITEM CODE DHM2435 |
| Short Sunderland Mk.V RN273 of 201 Sqn RAF by Keith Woodcock. SOLD OUT Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £ ITEM CODE WC0001 |
| Atlantic Patrol by Keith Woodcock. A Short Sunderland Mark III of 201 sqn. Coastal Command above an allied convoy in the North Atlantic as it continues to search for marauding German U-Boats. Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Image size 23 inches x 10 inches (58cm x 25cm). Price £95.00 Signed by Flt Lt Ian de Hamel (deceased). Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE DHM2403 |
| Sunderland Over the Gareloch by Geoff Lea. After take off a Sunderland of Coastal Command flies low over its base at Rosneath on the Gareloch, as Royal Navy battleships lay at anchor around the naval base of Faslane, near Helensburgh, Scotland during 1945. Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 23 inches x 14 inches (58cm x 36cm). Price £95.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 23 inches x 14 inches (58cm x 36cm). Price £135.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Original painting by Geoff Lea. Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £1800.00 ITEM CODE DHM0287 |
| Fat Alberts Day Off by Ivan Berryman. Ground crew performing routine maintenance on a Sunderland on the slipway at Pembroke. Signed limited edition of 200 giclee paper prints. Image size 26 inches x 17 inches (66cm x 43cm). Price £135.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 26 inches x 17 inches (66cm x 43cm). Price £180.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Small limited edition of 20 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £60.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Small signed limited edition of 50 prints. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £51.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Save £5 on selected prints - Was £56
Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00 £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590
Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00 £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460
Original painting, oil on canvas by Ivan Berryman. Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £4000.00 ITEM CODE DHM1558 |
| The Last Sunderland by Michael Rondot
Short Sunderland ML814 served with 01, 422 (Canadian) and 330
(Norwegian) Squadrons during World War II and is now the world's last
airworthy Sunderland. Battered and weatherbeaten by the North Atlantic,
ML814 flies over the Antrim coast. Painted for the manufacturers. Signatories: Sqn
Ldr. Don Gray, Sqn Ldr Dick Dulieu.
Atlantic Patrol by Keith Woodcock A Short Sunderland Mark III of 201
sqn. Coastal Command above an allied
convoy in the North Atlantic as it continues to search for marauding
German U-Boats. The print has also been countersigned by Sunderland Pilot. Flt Lt
Ian De Hamel of Coastal Command
Signing Off by Keith Hill On 3rd June Sunderland Z-Zebra of 201 escorts an inbound convoy,
signing off with the last operational sortie of WW2 in Europe.
First Sighting by Robert Taylor Downed aircrew often drifted for days in their small inflatable
dingies hoping rescue would come. Robert Taylor's painting depicts that
first sighting by an Air Sea Rescue Sunderland and the moment of joy of
the aircrew Signed by Sunderland crew member A Carey.
War in the Atlantic by Stan Stokes.
During
WW I Germany made very effective use of its U-boat fleet in a campaign
which almost resulted in Englands defeat. As a result, the Versailles
Treaty prohibited Germany from possessing submarines. By the late 1920s
Germany had circumvented these restrictions and by the time WW II began,
they had several dozen U-boats in service. The period between July of
1940 and December of 1941 was known as the fat years for the U-boat
fleet. During this period, aided by the use of French Atlantic ports,
and the effective use of wolfpack hunting techniques, German U-boats
wreaked havoc on convoys in the Atlantic. By the spring of 1941 the Nazi
U-boat fleet numbered 120, and later in the war would exceed 350 in
number. The tide began to turn in favor of the Allies in late 1941 when
the Royal Navy acquired fifty old destroyers from the U.S., and began an
effective campaign against German weather and supply surface ships which
supported the undersea hunters. The RAF was also involved, and the Short
Sunderland flying boat played an important role in stemming the tide.
The Short Brothers acquired one of the first licenses to built Wright
biplanes, and eventually began building their own designs, including a
number of dirigibles and torpedo planes during WW I. After the war they
developed the first British all metal aircraft, the Silver Streak. The
company is probably best known for a series of commercial flying boats,
the pinnacle of which was their Empire Series of 4-engine, high wing
monoplanes which were capable of cruising speeds of 200-MPH. The Short
Sunderland was developed in the 1930s for the British Air Ministry as a
long-range, all purpose flying boat. It was a large aircraft for its
time with a wingspan of 112 feet. More than 700 of these aircraft were
produced. During WW II the Sunderland was utilized in the anti-U-Boat
role. With its armament upgraded the aircraft earned the nick-name the
Flying Porcupine from U-boat crews. When America entered the war, the
U-boat command expanded its hunting zone all the way to the East Coast
of the United States. For a period the submariners experienced another
period of happy times, and in November of 1942 almost 750,000 gross tons
of shipping was lost. With production of averaging five new U-boats per
week, for a time it appeared that victory in the Atlantic might be
obtainable for the Germans. Eventually, the U-boat war was won by the
Allies through the use of effective radar technology, the use of the
Leigh Light (a powerful airborne searchlight), development of forward
firing depth charges, and the use of special techniques to counter the
U-boat threat. The U-boats also suffered from a general lack of
coordination between its command and that of the Luftwaffe. In May of
1943 a total of 41 U-boats were lost, and by early 1944 more U-boats
were being destroyed than Allied merchant ships were being sunk. The men
who served in the U-boat command during WW II had the most hazardous of
all positions in the War with close to a 75% casualty rate by wars end.
Constant Endeavour by Michael Rondot During World War II Sunderland aircraft of Coastal command played an
outstanding part in convoy escort and anti-submarine campaigns in the
Battle of the Atlantic and in other waters. RAF, Canadian, Australian and
Norwegian Squadrons equipped with Sunderland aircraft accounted for at
least 58 enemy submarines sunk or damaged. Michael Rondot's study features
a pair of Sunderlands making a victory salute low pass over their base at
Castle Archdale, N. Ireland. |
| Tireless Vigilance by Stephen Brown
With grace and majesty of mighty battleships, a pair of Short
Sutherlands sweep out towards the dangers of the North Atlantic.
With a 12-hour mission ahead of them the skill and dedication of the crews
would once again play a crucial role in protecting vital supply lines from
the menace of German U-boats.
The following pilots have all signed copies : Flt. Lt. John Bishop
jopined the RAF in April 1943 from
Edinburgh University Air Squadron and trained as a pilot in
Rhodesia. In August 1944 he was posted to Diego Suarez to fly
Catalina flying boats on anti-submarine patrols. He converted to
Sunderlands at Mombassa on 209 Sqdn. and 57 MU also on Sunderlands until
1953. This included the Berlin airlift in 1948, flying from the
river in Hamburg to Havel Lake, and flew in an anti-shipping role in
Burma. At the end o fthe war in the Far East he flew form Hong Kong
and Singapore until returning to the UK in Spetember 1946. He
continued on 201 Sqd. Flying Boats until 1953. Thereafter he was
mainly employed on V.I.P. duties flying from Malta, Northolt,
Fontainebleau, Bovingdon and White Waltham. He flew 173 ops and 1800
hours on Sunderlands and 1800 hours on Devons out of a total of 6250
flying hours. The last fiver years of his service was as an Air
Traffic Controller at R.A.F. Benson and RAF Abingdon.
Wg. Cdr. V. Hodgkinson DFC, MID, MRAeS, joined rhe Royal
Australian Air Force in 1937 (Service no 463). He was posted to No.
10 Sqdn. RAAF in the UK in January 1940 flying Sunderlands from Pembroke
Dock and went on to serve until 1942 flying operations in the Atlantic and
Mediterranean from bases in Pembroke Dock, Oban, Plymouth, Gibraltar and
Alexandria (Egypt). In 1942 he was posted back to No. 20 Sqdn. in
Australia flying Catalinas from Cairns on bombing raids over Japanese
bases and anti-shipping patrols throughout the Solomon Islands and north
of New Guinea . He went on to complete 44 operations and commanded
this squadron until 1943 before becoming Chief Flying Instructor,
Catalinas 3 OTU Rathmines. Vic later formed and commanded No. 40
Sqdn. RAAF Sunderlands, Port Moresby, New Guinea until 1945. He
retired from the RAAF in 1946 to join BOAC, Hythe, flying their civil
Sunderland conversions - Hythes, Sandringhams and Solents. Vic
transferred to landplanes in 1950 flying Canadair "Argonauts",
Bristol "Britannias, DH Comet 4s, 707-436s and 336s. Vic
retired in 1971 having amassed 19,300 hours, including some 4,300 hours on
Flying Boats. In his retirement Vic is currently restoring and
maintaining a Sandringham Flying Boat at the Southampton Hall of Aviation.
Wg. Cdr. A.W.L. "Paddy" Mahon MBE, C. Eng.
MRAeS,
started his 37 year career in the Royal Air Force in 1930 when he enlisted
as an Aircraft Apprentice at Halton. he served as Metal Rigger and
later as an Aircraft Fitter on Fleet Air stations and ships, for a while
on Queen Bee aircraft. In 1937 he finally succeeded in selection as
an Airman Pilot. EFTS at Bristol, SFTS at South Cerney, Maritime Recce at
Thorney Island, and finally Flying Boat School at Calshot. There he
learned his craft as a "Boat" pilot on ageing Supermarine Scapas
formerly used by 202 Squadron, Malta. On completion he was posted to
228 Squadrion at Pembroke Dock which was in process of re-equipping with
Stranraers. In December 1938 he was 2nd pilot on the collection from
Rochester of the Squadron's first Sunderland. In June 1939 the
Squadron moved to Alexandria for Naval Co-operation Exercises. In
addition to these the Sunderlands were used for long range V.I.P. flights
and for transport around the Med. In course of these, the crew of
which Sgt Mahon was a member, visited Malta, Bizerta, Cairo, Cyprus and
for the third time Athens, leaving on 2nd September 1939. The
Squadron was ordered home to Pembroke Dock on September 9th and
immediately started the round of convoy escorting anti-submarine sweeps
and general maritime tasks covering from Norway to Malta. On 24th
November Sgt Mahon was one of the crew detailed to search for the
"Deutschland" after it had sunk the armed merchant cruiser
"Jervis Bay". The operation involved the crew in 15 hours
of flying in the most severe weather. Detachments to the Shetlands
often meant the whole crew living on the aircraft for several days at a
time because the weather prevented small craft coming along side but
flying by day continued. In June 1940 he was seconded to 10 RAAF
Squadron at Mount Batten to increase their roll of qualified first
Pilots. One of his first trips was to convey Lord Gort and Mr Duff
Cooper to Rabat on an unsuccessful attempt to persuade the Sultan of
Morocco to continue the war on its allies' side. That trip earned
the Captain a DFC. In the months he spent with 10 Squadron several
trips were made to Malta supporting the Hurricane reinforcement by
aircraft carriers conveying essential ground personnel and equipment
including one load of several tons of Browning gun links, none of which
were held on the island. In February 1941 it was back to "two
layers of wing". He was posted to 202 Squadron at Gibraltar,
which was flying Saro Londons but expected to be re-equipped with
Sunderlands. He travelled as a "passenger" on a 10
Squadron aircraft in company with Anthony Eden and Lord Dill. That
trip is recorded in several books on the Sunderland as being
"special". It was Sgt Mahon's last ever time flying in a
Sunderland as 202 Squadron were subsequently re-equipped with Catalinas.
The transfer meant flying to UK with a London, a memorable trip of over 15
hours. Qualifying courses at Stranraer on the Catalina led to the
ferrying flight back to Gibraltar. Unfortunately on Sgt Mahon's
ferry trip the elevator controls failed en route and the attempted landing
at Gibraltar using only trim tabs resulted in a serious crash ending his
flying career. After a long period of hospital and subsequent
rehabilitation, he reverted to his ground trade. He was commissioned
into the Technical Branch in which he served until 1967 being awarded the
MBE in 1963.
Sqn. Ldr. Alan Nicoll joined the RAF in February 1939 and
trained as an Observer (Navigator). His first posting was to 44
Squadron newly equipped with the Hampden bomber at RAF Waddington.
When war was declared on 3rd September 1939 he was immediately involved in
operations flying that night on the very first sortie of WW".
By the end of 1940 he had completed a full tour of 37 raids before being
commissioned and selected for advanced navigation training in
Canada. He was subsequently posted to Rhodesia as a navigational
instructor and examiner. He completed Pilot training before
returning to the UK where he qualified as a Sunderland flying boat Captain
serving at Calshot and Pembroke Dock. In 1956 he took the last RAF
aircraft to moor up in the Pool of London for "Battle of
Britain" celebrations. A posting to RAF Seletar (Singapore)
followed where Sunderlands were finally retired from service in
1959. He then served on Shackletons and in Transport Command before
retiring in 1975.
Caught on the Surface by Robert Taylor
In a strange quirk of fate, a Sunderland of 461 Sqn RAAF identification
letter U, destroys submarine U-461, a type XIV tanker, one of three German
submarines caught on the surface by Allied aircraft in the Bay of Biscay
on July 30, 1943. At extreme low level, Sunderland 'U' braves a barrage of
gunfire from all three encircling German submarines to deliver a
successful depth charge attack, sinking U-461 in a single pass. In an act
of grace, the Sunderland pilot returned to the scene to drop a dingy to
the U-boat survivors Signatories: Wilhelm Hofken, Peter Jensen, Gerhard Korbjuhn, Dudley
Marrows, Alois Momper, Horrie Morgan, John Rolland, Helmut Roschinski. |
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